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Advertising : 75 wordsRECENTLY a notice appeared in our cloumns that Mullens, of Tasmania, had stepped into the ring at Tom Park's hall and announced his desire to box Holbrook ("Milky") for a ...
Article : 1,477 wordsDONALD DINNIE, with Victor as a companion, has been doing the province under Mr. Pickergill's management. They did some wrestling at Geelong, where it is reported Donald threw ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 wordsTHREE was a capital attendance on the South Melbourne Cricket Ground to witness the first meeting of the Fitzroy with one of the older clubs. As the members of the new aspirant to senior ...
Article : 440 wordsTHE most important, and to old footballers the most looked for, match last Saturday was that between the oldest and most friendly of rivals, viz., the Melbourne and Carlton. A ...
Article : 1,000 wordsSIR,--I noticed a general challenge in last week's SPORTSMAN, signed by T. Mather, on behalf of his friend, W. Cummings, of Paisley, Scotland, Now, if that gentleman (T. Mather) will meet me at any ...
Article : 76 wordsSINCE I last wrote you there has been somewhat of a full in athletics on the coast. People still talk over the Sullivan-Robinson affair, but without arriving at a satisfactory conclusion as ...
Article : 1,553 wordsSIR,--I hereby accept Malone's challenge to run me half a mile for £5 or £100, and will be prepared to run him on the 7th of June, on the Friendly Societies' Ground, Melbourne, or any other ...
Article : 91 wordsTHE former won the toss, and after the ball was started by Meader, the South Yarra skipper, it was quickly taken forward by the seniors, for whom Cundy broke the ice by scoring first goal ...
Article : 337 wordsSIR.--I am astonished at tho neglected state of foil-fencing in a country like Victoria, when this art is quite fashionable in Europe. Here young gentlemen who go in for sports are quite ignorant ...
Article : 311 wordsTHE first match of the season between the above clubs took place on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in the presence of about 12,000 spectators. After considerable delay both teams ...
Article : 1,239 wordsSIR,--Allow me a small space in your widely circulating paper to address a few lines anent the above heading. As an outstart, I may say that I have been connected with athletes and athletic ...
Article : 549 wordsTHERE was a large attendance on the local ground of the former to see how the newly fledged seniors would shape against their opponents, who had made a good game of it against ...
Article : 123 wordsTHE first match played by the Australian Eleven was commenced at Shef[?] Park today, against Lord S[?] team. The visitors met with a very coridal ...
Article : 168 wordsABOUT a thousand spectators put in an appearance on the Corio Cricket Ground to witness the match between the South Ballarat and the local club. The latter had a very strong team. ...
Article : 317 wordsSIR,--I see by your issue of the 23rd of April that Donald Diunie challenges E. Blackburn to we[?] in what he calls the mixed styles. We have heard nothing from Blackburn, but on the 30th Dia[?] ...
Article : 318 wordsIF the dictum of the "powers that be" is to go for much, it appears that cricket all the year round must be taken as the correct thing just now. The Victorian Cricketers' Association on ...
Article : 458 wordsA COMMITTEE meeting of the AngloAustralian Football Association was held at Young and Jackson's Hotel on Thursday evening, when all the delegates, with one exception ...
Article : 2,257 wordsTHE football season may now be said to be fairly set in, and the excitement up to the highest pitch. At the match last Saturday between the old rivals, Carlton and Melbourne ...
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Advertising : 83 wordsA MOST pleasant afternoon sport was witnessed by a goodly number of gentlemen, who met at J. T. Taylor's E. G[?] Hotel, West Melbourne, on last Saturday afternoon, to decide a ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 14 May 1884, Page 4
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